Explorers and Conquistadors

By Skyyyy
  • Mar 27, 1419

    Henry the Navigator

    Henry the Navigator
    He begins to support Portuguese exploration, he wanted to find a water route around Africa to India
  • Mar 27, 1488

    Bartolomeu Dias

    Bartolomeu Dias
    He sailed from 1487-1488, he became the first European to attempt to sail around the southern tip of Africa, He sailed from Africa to India
  • Mar 28, 1492

    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus
    He sailed from 1492-1493. He sailed from Spain to reach China
  • Mar 27, 1497

    Vasco da Gama

    Vasco da Gama
    he sailed from 1497-1499, he set out for India from Portuguese
  • Mar 28, 1497

    John Cabot

    John Cabot
    JUst sailed in 1497. Sailed from England to the Atlantic coast of what is now Canada
  • Mar 27, 1500

    Pedro Cabral

    Pedro Cabral
    sailed from 1500-1501, From portuguese to India
  • Mar 28, 1501

    Amerigo Vespucci

    Amerigo Vespucci
    1501-1502, he sailed along the coast of South Africa and concluded that it was not Asia.
  • Mar 28, 1513

    Vasco Nunezde Balboa

    Vasco Nunezde Balboa
    He only traveled in 1513. He led an expedition across the Isthmus of Panamas, he became the first european to see the Pacidic Ocean
  • Mar 28, 1519

    Ferdinand Magellan

    Ferdinand Magellan
    1519-1521 He was sailing from Portugal fro Spain, and reached the Philippines
  • Mar 28, 1519

    Hernan Cortes

    Hernan Cortes
    he led the an expedition to Mexico that ended with the conquest of the Aztec Empire
  • Mar 28, 1524

    Giovanni da Verazzano

    Giovanni da Verazzano
    what Hudson thought he discovered, Giovwanni had actually found it years earlier.
  • Mar 28, 1530

    Francisco Pizarro

    Francisco Pizarro
    led an expedition to Peru. Atahualpa gave him a huge fortune in gold and silver 1530-1533
  • Mar 28, 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Jacques Cartier
    1534-1536 left France and sailed past the island of Newfoundlandintpo the St. Lawrence River. He claimed all the land along the river as the providence of NEw France, or as it came to be called later, Canada.
  • Mar 28, 1577

    Sir Francis Drake

    Sir Francis Drake
    1577-1580 the english queen sent him to round the tip of South America and explore its west coast.

  • Henry Hudson

    Henry Hudson
    1. he joined bylot and they sailed from 1610-1611. He set out to the north, hoping to find a NOrthern Passage around Europe. Explored the Hudson river and Hudson bay

  • Samuel de Champlain

    Samuel de Champlain
    a french explorer headed south to seek out more land, he founded the city Quebec in 1608. He also explored the missippi river

  • Rene-Robert La Salle

    Rene-Robert La Salle
    He canoed down the entire Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. He claimed the enormous Mississippi region and its tributaries for France.